The Syrian conflict may be confusing, but we're here to explain the basics. Aug. 31, 2013 -- intro: As the United States moves closer to a possible military strike on Syria, an already complicated ...

The violence in Syria's 20-month conflict has moved eastward, closer to Turkey's border, and more players have entered the ring, including Syrian Kurds fighting against rebel forces. Ray Suarez talks ...

The Syrian civil war had been relatively quiet in recent years, experiencing only minor skirmishes and no major changes in control. This changed abruptly when rebels took advantage of President ...

On Dec. 8, after nearly 54 years in power and 13 years of war, the Syrian civil war came to an end. And with it, the fall of the Assad family’s rule. For many Syrian students who call the University ...

On Dec. 8, Syrian rebels entered Damascus, ending the Assad family’s 54-year rule and ostensibly the first phase of the Syrian Civil War. Beginning in the Spring of 2011 after a violent crackdown on ...

Nearly a year after the fall of the Assad regime, Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa discusses a fast-changing Middle East and ...

Syria's 14-year civil war has undergone yet another rapid series of shifts, with violence sweeping the west coast homeland of deposed President Bashar al-Assad's minority Alawite Muslim sect and the ...